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Tell your State Senator to bring HB 1441 to a vote!
No victim of domestic violence should be forced to stay trapped in a lease that jeopardizes their safety.
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Domestic violence is a leading cause of homelessness for women and children in the Commonwealth. Far too often, victims are faced with only two choices: (1) leave a dangerous home and lose financial and housing stability as a result or (2) remain in a home that jeopardizes their safety and increases their risk of losing their life to domestic violence.
HB 1441 will provide victims the ability to leave an unsafe, unlivable environment without dire economic consequences, which is key to domestic violence intervention and homicide prevention. In fact, this is one of the top requests PCADV receives from victims on our civil legal helpline — seeking support to break a lease due to life-threatening safety concerns — to which Pennsylvania law currently offers no redress.
HB 1441 will further victims’ chances of securing housing stability and economic self-sufficiency and as a result, it will save lives. Absent this protection, victims will remain at risk and Pennsylvania will remain out of step with victim protections already codified under federal law in the Violence Against Women Act.
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